Rev. Keith Bell, the 53-year-old pastor of Church of God in Upper Strasburg, is accused of downloading and sharing child pornographic images, according to the Attorney General's office.
(Attorney General's Office)

A Franklin County pastor was arrested earlier this week after law enforcement agents learned he was downloading and sharing child pornography, according to the Attorney General’s office.

Keith Bell, 53, of Rustic Drive, Shippensburg, was arrested Wednesday following an investigation by agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Section. Bell is pastor of Church of God in Upper Strasburg.

The agents allegedly found numerous files on his computers containing images of pre-pubescent children engaged in sexually graphic acts and poses.

Agents executed a search warrant at Bell's Shippensburg residence, and seized four laptop computers, a desktop computer, and other electronic media, which will be analyzed by the Attorney General's Computer Forensics Unit as part of a continuing investigation.

Bell is charged with three counts of distribution of child pornography, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.

Bell was preliminarily arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Anthony Adams and held in the Cumberland County Prison in lieu of $150,000 cash bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 17.

The case will be prosecuted in Cumberland County by Deputy Attorney General Christopher Jones of the Attorney General's Child Predator Section.

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